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What comes after the D90?

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TheronFamily said:
the name D100 and above is reserved? for the upper spec bodies
(D100/200/300)
What comes next then?
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You don't work the Nikon marketing so worry about it now and get your blood pressure high? :p enjoy what you have now let the future take care of itself.
(My guess is we'll go to 5 series... or letters like canon's XT, XTi, XSi...)
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People asking about the D90x.
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D40 with grip, Sigma 18-50 2.8 Macro, Nikon 70-300Vr, Nikon 105VR 2.8, SB600...
 
I am not sure about that. But I am wondering that there could be two parts of this forum pretty soon - the ones who shoot video and the ones who dont.

There could be questions about the video mode that some pro photographers won't (can't) answer. There will be a separate set of people who would be answering those technical questions. I know whom to ask if I shoot landscapes or wildlife or flowers if I cant get the exposure right. I believe there will be a new "generation" of people on this forum that do a lot of videos and experiment with the D90.

What do you think?

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As far as Nikon running out of numbers for the models, there is nothing to prevent them from changing the model designations. Who says Nikon has to stay with the “D” prefix? They have used “F”, “FE”, “FA’, “FG”, “FT”, “EM”, “M”, “S”, “SP”, “I”, and “FM”; and possibly a few more. The “F” 35mm SLR series had the F100, F3AF, F4, F401 (N4004), F401S (4004s), F401X (N5005), F5 F50 (N50), F501 (N2020), F55 (N55), F6, F60 (N60), F601 (N6006), F65 (N65), F70 (N70), F75 (N75), F80 (N80), F801 (N8008), F801S (N8008s), F90 (N90), F80x (N90s). The model names in parentheses are for the U.S. and/or North America, as they have used different names in the US/North American market than what was used in Asia and Europe.

I believe it was Patco who originally suggested that one possible route for Nikon would be to use DX or DF as the prefix. So maybe the D90 successor could be a DX-something and when Nikon gets around to introducing a consumer DSLR with a “Full Frame” sensor they can name it the FX10. For the Pro series they have a ways to go before they have to worry since they will probably stop producing DX format DSLR models long before they get to D900, and as far as FX Pro models, well they are only on D3 so they have some breathing room there too.

I’m not at all sure that model names is something that Nikon, or any other DSLR camera company has to worry too much about. The age of the DSLR (as we currently know it), while not very long, may already be in the twilight years. I wrote before about the Casio EX-F1* being a crystal ball with a view to what will become commonplace in the not to distant future on consumer cameras (many pros are migrating to medium format). Things like 60fps, 7fps while using the flash, never having to miss “that” shot because the camera takes 100 frames in the second following your pressing the shutter release, but it also took 100 frames in the second just before you pressed the shutter release – sort of makes up for lousy reaction times, video with up to 1200fps (slow-motion).

* http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1039&message=28966208

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Brooks
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Amazing Kevin. I was thinking about this right after I got up this morning! OK, since you asked, I vote for the D120.

I think they will skip the D110 because the number "10" seems to convey entry level, in my mind, at least.

So, regardless of what they call it, we know it's already being thought about because models come out so frequently.
 
In the Nikon vs Canon wars, Canon seems to have the upper hand in the naming department. I seems easier to identify models in the Canon lineup than in the Nikon:

entry level: xxxxD (eg, 1000D)
enthusiast/advanced amateur: xxxD (450D)
semi-pro: xxD (40D, 50D)
pro: xD (1D, 5D)

Nikon is coming up to quite few hurdles for the coming models in their corresponding DLSR lines. As another poster already mentioned, Nikon might just start a new naming convention when they run out of model numbers (which make some sense compared to the current names) in the near future. This will then make it even more confusing for consumers...
 
I don’t think it is really all that confusing and any consumer going into a store, or shopping on line, really has very few choices to be concerned about. I would agree that right at this moment there happens to be a fair number of Nikon models in existence, but the same holds true for Canon as both companies are introducing new models and the old models are still available. But at least neither company has adapted Sony’s marketing strategy of offering basically the same camera with different sensors with similar names (provided you can overlook the short-lived D40X).

For the Nikon Consumer line there really is only three cameras, the D40, D60, and D90 and while the D80 is still available it is a lame duck and will very shortly disappear from store shelves.

The Pro-sumer line (enthusiast/advanced amateur) basically has two models, the D300 and the D700, and again while the D200 may still be found in some stores for all practical purposes it to is a lame duck.

That brings us to the Professional line and a single camera, the D3 populates that the lineup. This will probably change in the near future when a high-MP model (the D3X?) is added.

I realize that not everyone has budgetary considerations when it comes to selecting a camera, but I am among the many that do. When I go into a store I’m going to quickly pass over the $5k D3 and $3k D700 and probably, initially anyway, the $1625 D300. Having done a fair amount of photography and having looked at the specifications I know that the D40 and the D60 are missing a few features that I absolutely must have, one in particular due to a physical limitation of mine, so that leaves me looking at the D90.

Now it does get a little more complicated if I’m willing to buy an older, yet still available model. There is the three-year old D200, but gee it is selling for the same price as the new D90 and I really don’t want a three-year old camera. I might consider the two-year old D80, but for $275 more I can get the newest Nikon, with a newer sensor, newer imaging processor, larger HD LCD, faster fps rate, live view, and even video and for me anyway those features seem to be worth it. Well now, the budget currently doesn’t allow for another $625 for the D300, so I will continue to pass on that one. Hmmm, I didn’t find that all that confusing.

A check showed that Canon models still being sold include the 50D, 40D, 5D, 350D, 400D, 450D, 1000D, and EOS-1Ds Mark III. I find it a little confusing that the entry-level 1000D costs more than the enthusiast/advanced amateur 450D.

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Brooks
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I think that some people should be rewarded for being who they are. In that case, Nikon could stop this pixel and DX/FX wars and sort of do what the computers have decided to do. Stop using numbers. Start using NAMES.

How about the "DKevin" or the "DMorris" each model suitable for a certain kind of photography.
Of course the "DDStan" Might get confusing (Gee, anybody here remember him?)

There could also be a version where if you press movie mode the camera lectures you on why you shouldn't since this is a still image device. In a sense, Nikon could make a KILLING on customized cameras with custom feature sets. Hey I think I'm on to something here!

Guy Moscoso
 
Gee Guy, I remember years ago my wife had a 35mm Minolta, model AF-V, that talked. It issued warning like “No film”, “Too dark”, etc. It was a nice little camera but it was rather startling to sudden hear a woman’s voice coming from the camera, and of course anyone within a few feet of you heard it too; the voice might as well prefixed each warning with, “Hey dummy . . . “ based on the looks you got from the people around you.

Still have that camera sitting in a drawer, that is how I know the model, don’t know why we still have it, it stopped working about the third or forth time it fell out of her car and hit the pavement.

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Brooks
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